To Mrs. Newton Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDDDEEFFDDGGHHDD IIJJKK DDLMDDDDDD| A noble theme demands a noble verse | A |
| In such I thank you for your fine oysters | B |
| The barrel was magnificently large | C |
| But being sent to Olney at free charge | C |
| Was not inserted in the driver's list | D |
| And therefore overlook'd forgot or miss'd | D |
| For when the messenger whom we despatch'd | D |
| Inquir'd for oysters Hob his noddle scratch'd | D |
| Denying that his wagon or his wain | E |
| Did any such commodity contain | E |
| In consequence of which your welcome boon | F |
| Did not arrive till yesterday at noon | F |
| In consequence of which some chanc'd to die | D |
| And some though very sweet were very dry | D |
| Now Madam says and what she says must still | G |
| Deserve attention say she what she will | G |
| That what we call the diligence be case | H |
| It goes to London with a swifter pace | H |
| Would better suit the carriage of your gift | D |
| Returning downward with a pace as swift | D |
| And therefore recommends it with this aim | I |
| To save at least three days the price the same | I |
| For though it will not carry or convey | J |
| For less than twelve pence send whate'er you may | J |
| For oyster bred upon the salt sea shore | K |
| Pack'd in a barrel they will charge no more | K |
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| News have I none that I can deign to write | D |
| Save that it rain'd prodigiously last night | D |
| And that ourselves were at the seventh hour | L |
| Caught in the first beginning of the show'r | M |
| But walking running and with much ado | D |
| Go home just time enough to be wet through | D |
| Yet both are well and wond'rous to be told | D |
| Soused as we were we yet have caught no cold | D |
| And wishing just the same good hap to you | D |
| We say good Madam and good Sir adieu | D |
William Cowper
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